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	Symbol	Contract	Month	Time	Last	Change	Open	High	Low
	SP U9 [10]	S&P 500	Sep ’09	11:29:42 EDT	893.60	0.30	892.40	897.60	889.40
	ES U9 [10]	E-MINI S&P 500	Sep ’09	11:29:59 EDT	893.50	0.25	893.25	897.75	889.00
	ND U9 [10]	NASDAQ 100	Sep ’09	11:21:24 EDT	1,443.00	-2.25	1,442.50	1,450.00	1,439.25
	NQ U9 [10]	E-MINI NASDAQ 100	Sep ’09	11:29:54 EDT	1,443.25	-2.00	1,445.00	1,450.25	1,438.50
	DJ U9 [10]	DOW JONES INDUS.(DAY)-$10	Sep ’09	16:26:19 EDT	8,241.00 y	0.00
	YM U9 [10]	MINI DOW JONES INDUS.-$5	Sep ’09	16:25:03 EDT	8,241.00 s	0.00	8,242.00	8,270.00	8,205.00
	CI Q9 [30]	CONTINUOUS COMMODITY INDEX	Aug ’09	18:29:25 EDT	398.75 y	0.00

s = Settlement Price  y = Yesterday Price   = Chart   = Contract

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Fear and Greed in a 'Weather Market': Grain Futures
By: Jim Wyckoff  (06/26/2009)

Grain traders and most Americans are setting their sites on next weekend -- the U.S. Independence Day holiday. The summer respite will find barbecuing, baseball, boating and other summertime pleasures the order of the day -- capped off by evening fireworks displays. But after the Fourth of July holiday period, grain traders will even more keenly focus on the critical timeframe that occurs after the holiday. Indeed, mid-to late-July typically finds the hottest weather of the year in the U.S. Corn Belt. This time period coincides with the extreme-heat-sensitive pollination stage of corn crop development. August is the most critical growing month for U.S. soybeans. U.S. wheat harvest is also wrapping up in July. Read the full article.